After Yang Ning was knighted, Gu Qinghan had already asked people to clean up the East Garden, so Yang Ning's residence was in a courtyard in the East Garden of the Hou Mansion, and Gu Qinghan's courtyard was in the West Garden of the Hou Mansion. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The sun is setting, the weather is getting colder and colder day by day, to go to the West Garden, naturally you have to pass through the atrium, along the stone road of the atrium, you heard someone shouting: "Hou Ye!" ”

Yang Ning turned his head to look over, only to see that it was Han Shou, who had just been promoted to the head manager, trotting over, although this little old man was fifty years old, his body was still in spirit.

"Oh, Mr. Han, how is the third lady now?" Yang Ning looked left and right, and there was no one else, he took the initiative to greet him, wanting to find out to Han Shou first.

Han Shou said with a bitter face: "Master Hou, since the third lady returned to the courtyard in the morning, she has never taken a step forward, and there are a few things to find the third lady to get an idea today, and the third lady only asked me to come to you, saying that since the Hou Ye is in charge, don't look for her in the future." He sighed: "Master Hou, the third lady hasn't eaten for a day, she works day and night, this can't work, it's going to hurt her body." ”

Yang Ning frowned, thought for a while, and then said, "You go and prepare something to eat, and I will personally send it to the third lady." After a pause, he asked again: "Yes, Duan Canghai is back?" ”

Han Shou nodded and said: "I came back in the morning, but after returning home, I didn't bother when I saw that Hou Ye was resting, saying that he was going out to find out some news, by the way, he said that Hou Ye knew what he was going to do." He cautiously asked, "Master Hou, is there something to do with him?" Qi Feng and Zhao Wushu are still in the mansion, do you want to find them? ”

"No need." Yang Ning shook his head, knowing that Duan Canghai should have gone out to inquire about the information about the Flying Cicada's secret forbearance.

Han Shou then said: "Hou Ye, that's the case, when you were resting today, Yuan Rong and Yuan Gongzi came to visit, and the old slave originally wanted to talk to Hou Ye, but Yuan Gongzi heard that Hou Ye was still resting, so he didn't let me disturb him." ”

"What is he here for?"

Han Shou said with a smile: "He asked me to tell Hou Ye that Dou Lianzhong sent things over, so that Hou Ye didn't have to worry about it, and sent some gifts over for Hou Ye to taste." ”

Yang Ning knew that what Yuan Rong said was naturally a deed of sale, and it seemed that Dou Lianzhong was still a little jealous of himself, and he didn't dare to cheat.

"Send something?" Yang Ning asked, "What is it?" ”

Han Shou said: "Master Hou went to see for himself, there are a few boxes." ”

Yang Ning didn't know what Yuan Rong sent, and followed Han Shou to the side hall, only to see that there were already several gift boxes on the carved wooden table, he stepped forward and opened one of them casually, only to see that there was a tea bowl inside, the color was light green, like jade, it looked like some achievements, but the most incredible thing was that there were a few traces of cracking on the inside of the tea bowl.

"This is a gift from Yuan Rong?" Yang Ning looked at the tea bowl casually, frowned, and said, "This guy, how can you send such a broken thing over?" ”

Han Shou had already opened his eyes wide, staring at the somewhat worn tea bowl without blinking.

Seeing this, Yang Ning smiled and said, "What, Mr. Han likes this tea bowl?" "Why don't you take it for tea?" ”

Han Shou came back to his senses, and hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Master Hou, what is the identity of the old slave, how can he be worthy of such a good thing, even if he cultivates for a few more lifetimes, he is not qualified." ”

"Oh?" Yang Ning was very surprised, secretly thinking that this was just a tea bowl, why Han Shou was so surprised.

"Master Hou, old slave...... Can the old slave take it and take a look? Han Shou asked cautiously.

Yang Ning stretched out his hand, but Han Shou first wiped his hands on his shirt, then took it carefully, looked at it carefully, and his eyes lit up: "That's right, that's right, it must be it." ”

"What? What is it? Yang Ning said strangely: "Manager Han, what do you see?" ”

Han Shou sent the tea bowl back with both hands, and after Yang Ning took it, Han Shou said: "Master Hou, you hold it in your hand, do you feel that this tea bowl is different?" ”

Seeing Han Shou's reaction, Yang Ning faintly felt that this inconspicuous-looking tea bowl must be famous, and felt some in his hand, and quickly frowned: "Hey, this tea bowl ...... It's winter, and most of the utensils are cold, but this tea bowl seems to be hot after holding it in my hand for a long time. ”

Han Shou said with a smile: "Master Hou, the old slave's usual hobby is to drink tea, and he also has a little knowledge of tea sets, if I guess correctly, this should be the legendary locust trip!" ”

"Grasshopper stumbling?" Yang Ning was puzzled: "What does that mean?" ”

"Master Hou, as long as you know the tea ceremony, you must know the stumbling of locusts." Han Shou said: "Hou Ye may not have heard of the tea saint Lu He, that is the top master in the tea ceremony, before him, drinking tea was very casual, it was he who pioneered the tea ceremony, specially wrote a "Tea Dictionary", and now there are still buying. Legend has it that Lu He collected tea sets from all over the world, and finally collected four famous utensils, and this locust trip is one of them. ”

Yang Ning didn't know anything about the tea ceremony, but he knew that he had a specialization in the art industry, and he couldn't see what was good about this tea bowl, but a real person in the tea ceremony could see it.

"So, this locust is worth some silver?" Yang Ning asked with a smile.

Han Shou was stunned, the tea ceremony is the same as qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, it is the way of elegance, but this little marquis is good, as soon as he knew that this tea bowl was a good thing, he began to ask the price.

"This ......!" Han Shou hesitated for a moment before he said: "People who don't understand the tea ceremony may not be worth a few silver in their eyes, but anyone who understands knows that this treasure is not priced in silver, it can be said that it is priceless, if you really want to talk about the price, it should not be too much to say that it is worth a thousand gold." ”

"Worth a thousand gold?" Yang Ning was taken aback, took the tea bowl in his hand and looked at it, Wu Zi was a little disbelieving, "A tea bowl can be worth a thousand gold?" ”

"If Master Hou wants to make a move, he will offer a thousand gold, and there are not a few people who want to buy it." Han Shou said: "But such a treasure can be used as a family heirloom, Lord Hou...... Hou Ye still collects it. ”

It is worth a thousand gold, according to Da Chu's current exchange rate, it is 10,000 taels of silver, perhaps for some high-ranking officials and gentry, 10,000 taels of silver is not a sky-high price, but for the current Yang Ning and even the Jinyi Marquis Mansion, 10,000 taels of silver is definitely not a small amount.

Knowing the value of the locust stumbling, Yang Ning looked at several other gift boxes, one gift box contained two mountain ginseng, Han Shou has been in the Hou Mansion for many years, and naturally he has seen the world, only saying that these two mountain ginseng are the best old ginseng in a million, and the two old mountains should be worth nearly a thousand gold, in addition to two boxes of tea, no need Han Shou said, Yang Ning also knows that these two boxes of tea are definitely worth a lot of money.

Yang Ning already understood at this time that these things were definitely not given by Yuan Rong, although Yuan Rong was born in the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Mansion, but the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Mansion is not very grandiose, Yuan Rong would never have such a big hand, otherwise he was afraid that he would have redeemed himself for the pearl a long time ago, and he would not need to let himself take back the deed of sale from Dou Lianzhong.

Look at these things, of course, the ginseng was sent by Qiu Fang of Liaodong, and the tea should be sent by Jiangcheng, if the tea bowl, Yang Ning thought that Jiangcheng made a move, but there is tea here, so the tea bowl is likely to be sent by Weitang Chen Mukuan, after all, Chen Mukuan has a refreshing personality and is also very generous.

When I opened the last box, I saw a bracelet inside, the bracelet was very exquisite, dark green, transparent and warm, delicate and round, under the bracelet, there was also a letter, Han Shou saw that Yang Ning had already taken out the letter, and hurriedly explained: "Master Hou, this is Yuan Gongzi saw that the young master was resting, and asked the old slave to take pen and ink and write it down temporarily." ”

Yang Ning opened the letter, only to see that there was a silver ticket inside, and after a glance, he saw that it was a silver ticket of 1,500 taels of silver, his eyes rolled, and the corners of his lips smiled, and he immediately understood that this silver ticket was naturally made by Yuan Rong, and the 1,000 taels of silver should be to settle the affairs of the Zhongling Courtyard, and the remaining 500 taels, if nothing else, should be Yuan Rong's own pocket.

After all, he helped Pearl get back the deed of sale last night, and even gave the painting boat to the pearl, and a painting boat is worth a lot of money, in Yuan Rong's opinion, he helped the pearl, just like if he helped him Yuan Rong and took out the five hundred silver, he would naturally express his gratitude.

Yuan Rong can't compare to those rich giants, he can take out five hundred silver, but he is afraid that he will still squeeze it out from between his teeth, which is very interesting to himself.

On the letter, it is written very concisely, "Only envy the mandarin duck but not the immortal, the brothers sent a thin gift to celebrate the marriage between Hou Ye and Zhuo Xian'er." ”

There is naturally some ridicule in it, but it also makes it clear that these gifts were given by several people last night.

Although Yang Ning did relieve these people last night, these gifts were too heavy, all of them added up, at least twenty or thirty thousand taels of silver, which is really not a small amount.

Although it is not uncommon for those wealthy businessmen to spend a lot of money, Yang Ning knows in his heart the real intention behind these generous gifts.

Last night's dispute made Zhu Yuchen and others realize that they had a grudge against Dou Lianzhong, and a grudge against Dou Lianzhong was actually no different from a feud with Hubu Shangshu.

The household department is the lord of these wealthy businessmen, and the household department in charge of the country's financial and tax household endowments is really difficult for businessmen, no matter how bold the businessmen are, they will also suffer.

Zhu Yuchen and the others obviously realized the severity of it, so they tried their best to climb the big tree of the Jinyi Marquis Mansion.

Although after Qi Jing's death, the Jinyi Marquis Mansion was obviously a lot weaker, but the people of Dachu only knew that the Jinyi Marquis was the pillar of the empire and had a deep influence in the military.

Since he offended the Hubu Shangshu, instead of spending countless gold and silver to beg for mercy from the Dou family, it is better to lean on the big tree of Jinyihou, at least in the eyes of Zhu Yuchen and others, with the protection of Jinyihou, the Dou family will never dare to act rashly, they have seen it with their own eyes, even the prince of Huainan is polite to Jinyihou, so there is no need to say a Hubu Shangshu.

After all, they are just local gentry, and they naturally can't see the disputes under the muddy waters of the capital.

"What do you think of this bracelet?" Yang Ning put away the silver ticket and handed the jade bracelet to Han Shou, "Do you see if it's worth it?" ”

Han Shou was almost speechless in his heart, secretly thinking that the little marquis had never cared about silver before, but how could he be so concerned about silver this time? took the bracelet, took a closer look, and then said: "Hou Ye, Yuan Gongzi sent a very valuable gift this time, not to mention the grasshopper stumbling, this bracelet is made of the best Xiuyu, Hou Ye look at this color, the better Xiuyu, the darker the color, this Xiuyu bracelet is already extremely dark green, and it is transparent and flawless, extremely rare, and there are carved ...... on it!" He looked at it carefully and exclaimed: "It's really a good craft, if it's just a Xiuyu bracelet, it may be worth more than a thousand taels of silver, but with the carving on it, it's difficult to start without two thousand taels of silver." He couldn't help but ask, "Master Hou, are you going to sell it?" ”

"Sell?" Yang Ning carefully put the jade bracelet back into the exquisite small gift box, and said with a smile: "I just asked if it is expensive, otherwise it will not be good to give it to Sanniang." Manager Han, you should put all the things here in my room first, be careful, they are all good things, don't break them. ”

Receiving such a heavy gift today, Yang Ning was still a little happy in his heart.

Although he knew that the Marquis of Jinyi Mansion did not have monetary dealings with court officials, and they were not bribed, Zhu Yuchen and the others were not officials, and these gifts were said to be bribes, but he kept them safe and sound last night, since he had made great efforts, it was not impossible to give back some gifts, at least Yang Ning was at ease, and he did not have the slightest apprehension in his heart.

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ps: Continue to ask for a monthly pass, brothers, give a little more effort, and there will be more at night!